Rail-fastening



J. DOLAN. RAIL FASTEN'ING. APPLICATION FILED MAY 27, 1920.

1,358,832. Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

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UNITED STATES JOHN DOLAN, OEVHASTINGS, NEBRASKA.

RAIL-FASTENING.

Application filed May 27, 1926.

Z 10 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN DOLAN, a citi- Zenof the United States, residing at Hastings, in the county of Adams andState of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful improvements inRail-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved track rail fastening and has oneof its principal objects to provide a device of this character wherebythe rails of a railway track may, without the necessity for any specialstructural features in the 'track ties or the use of ordinary spikes, bereadily secured to the ties.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device which will beparticularly adapted for use in connection with cement ties but whichmay also be readily employed in connection with wooden ties.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a devicewhich will securely and firmly engage a track rail and whereinadjustment will be provided whereby the rail may be firmly clamped inposition.

Other and incidental objects will appear hereinafter.

n the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view showing a pair of my improveddevices in connection with a track rail and ties of ordinaryconstruction,

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the device, the rail being shown inelevation,

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the device, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the cushioning block employed.

InL order to facilitate an, accurate understanding of the presentinvention, I shall describe the device in connection with a tie 10 andrail 11 of conventional design. In carrying the invention into effect, 1employ a top tie plate 12 which is seated against the upper face of thetie to extend transversely thereof and arranged beneath the tie is asimilar tie plate 13, these plates overhanging the tie at its sideedges. Rested upon the top plate are companion clamping plates 14 formedto snugly fit around the base flange of the rail extending therebeneathto closely confront each other. As will be observed upon .reference toFig. 1, the clamping plates are of a length substantially equal to thelength of the plates 12 and 13 while the top flanges 15 of said platestermi- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

Serial No. 384,625.

nate short of the ends thereof. Seated upon the bottom flanges of theclamping plates beneath the rail is a cushioning block 1G. rfhis blockmay be of wood or other approved material and is designed to yieldablysupport the rail so that the major portion of the stress set up by thepassage of rolling stock over the rail will be absorbed by the block andthus interrupted between the rail and tie. Engaged through the bottomlianges of the clamping plates at the respective ends thereof are pairsof clamping bolts 17 which extend through the top and bottom plates 12and 13 at opposite sides of the tie. Said flanges and the plates are provided with slots freely receiving the bolts so that the bolts may bereadily adjusted to compensate fol` ties of different widths and, aswill be at once appreciated, said bolts will serve to clamp all theplates firmly upon the tie so that the clamping plates 14 will beanchored for rigidly holding the rail. Further, the bolts will coactwith the opposite sides of the tie for preventing shifting of the platestransversely of the tie while tht nuts at the upper ends of the boltswill con front the end edges of the cushioning block 16 for preventinglongitudinal shifting of said block. An especially secure and rigidfastening for the rail is thus provided while, at the same time,the useof the ordinary rail spikes is eliminated. Consequently, the presentdevice will prove particularly desirable for use in connection withcement ties, it being observed that no special struc tural features willbe required in the tie in order that the device may be used thereon.However, as will also be appreciated, the device may be readily employedin connection with wooden ties. By inserting the clamping bolts 17 rstthrough the bottom plate 13 and then through the top plate 12, the boltsmay be assembled upon the bottom plate and this plate laid beneath .thetie at the time the tie is laid in place,when the top plate 12, clampingplates 14 and cushioning block 16 may then be assembled beneath thetrack rail upon the top of the tie at the time the rail is laid. Thisdone, it is simply necessary to apply the nuts to the clamping bolts andproperly adjust said nuts for binding the device in engagement with thetie and binding the rail thereto, it being also, of course, possible byadjustment of said nuts, to take up any looseness which may later occur.

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Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

l. A rail fastening including top and bottom tie plates, rail clampingplates seated upon the top tie plate, a rail cushioning block extendingWithin the rail clamping plates, and clamping means connecting all 0fsaid plates, said means confronting the ends of the cushioning block forholding the block against longitudinal displacement.

2. A rail fastening including top and bottom Vtie plates, clampingplatesy formed to lit the base flange of a rail and extendingtherebeneath', said clamping plates being seated upon the top tie plate,and clamping meansl connecting all Vof said plates.

f3. A rail fastener including vtop and bottom tie plates, rail clampingplatessust'ained by the top tie plate, and clamping means securing said,plates and adjustable laterallyV With respect to each other.

4. A lrail fastener including top and bottom tie plates provided withelongated openings, rail clamping plates sustained by the top tie plateand provided with elongated openings registering With the openings atthe top tie plate, and clamping means eX- tending through said vopeningsand vconnecting all of said plates, said clamping 'means beingadjustable laterally with respect Vto cach other Within the openings.

In testimony whereof I' affix my signature.

JOHN Dorian. Y [1.. Sg

